I had arrived in Burkina Faso to investigate a human trafficking problem escalating into one of the worst in Africa.
A London-based organisation had tipped me off that criminal gangs - mostly Nigerian - were targeting Burkina Faso in order to

23-year-old Cheryl was working in a hospital in southern Nigeria. A patient's brother told her that she could make more money in a European hospital if she went with him. Upon arriving in Italy, she quickly learned that she had been tricked i

There were 57 alleged victims of human trafficking -- including 13 children -- reported to Gardaí in 2011.
Of those, 37 were victims of sexual exploitation, 13 of labour exploitation, two were victims of both labour and sexual exploitation and five

The Indian Immoral Traffic Prevention Act has been failing to protect girls and women from sex trafficking. It criminalizes and stigmatizes trafficking victims and allows the true perpetrators of crime, traffickers, pimps and johns, to exploit women and

Mexico's El Universal has highlighted the work of anti-human trafficking activist Marisa Ugarte, who in 2008 began an investigation into sex trafficking along border cities in Baja California. According to her research, there are more than 5,000 human

While a Nepalese campaign to stop human trafficking gains recognition by the White House and Hollywood, Nepal continues to be a prime source for sex trafficking, thanks to unsettled conditions created by a protracted political crisis.

A designer clothing store, a comic book store, a tattoo parlor and a ... women for sale store.This unusual window display shocked shoppers at a busy Tel Aviv mall last week when among the run-of-the-mill shops, they came across a group of young women.....

The global recession has affected China like every other country in the world. But despite a dip in the Chinese economy, at least one imported product remains affordable there: North Korean women. The price: about $1500 US dollars.

A MODERN FORM OF SLAVERY.
"Lin Lin" was thirteen years old when she was recruited by an agent for work in Thailand. Her father took $480 from the agent with the understanding that his daughter would pay the loan back out of her earnings...

The first time Don and Bridget Brewster learned about child sex trafficking in Cambodia - from a "Dateline NBC" television special - they wept openly.
The pastor and his wife had just returned from a brief trip to the Southeast Asian country.